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For what it's worth, the insider talk was that Cao was behind a lot of the bad decisions WOTC made with the OGL crisis and was one of... -
Kurotowa reacted to Shardstone's post in the thread D&D (2024) Anyone else dislike the "keyword" style language of 5.24? with
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As a college professor, my experience tells me that you have to handhold people to the nth degree, thus 5R and its use of keyterms is... -
Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D (2024) Anyone else dislike the "keyword" style language of 5.24?.I think the heavy use of Poisoned and Charmed is brilliant. How do you define what "mental control effects" are for the purposes of...
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Kurotowa reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D (2024) Anyone else dislike the "keyword" style language of 5.24? with Like.
It doesnt read well, until you need clarity on how to adjudicate it at the table.
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Kurotowa reacted to MuhVerisimilitude's post in the thread D&D (2024) Anyone else dislike the "keyword" style language of 5.24? with Like.
Keywords are great. One great flaw in 5E is that it is very rules-hesitant. It feels like the designers are ashamed of actual mechanics...
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Kurotowa reacted to Levistus's_Leviathan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I remember a while back in a thread I made a post, which I thought was obvious hyperbole, about how to appease the grognards that hate...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General Which edition handled alignment best?.That was my reasoning as well. If you want to sideline alignment or treat it as the personality quiz of the memetic alignment grid, then...
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Kurotowa reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread D&D General Which edition handled alignment best? with Like.
I voted for BECMI, for the most part I ignore alignment, but if one is going to use it, the Law/Chaos axis is the best.
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Kurotowa reacted to Kobold Stew's post in the thread D&D (2024) Druids, Muskets, True Strike and Shillelagh with Like.
The Shillelagh spell has a number of restrictions. It doesn't work with a Greatclub, for instance. Given that, I would not allow it to...
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Kurotowa reacted to LordEntrails's post in the thread D&D General How the heck do you fight a medieval war in winter? with Like.
Everyone but @kigmatzomat @humble minion is stuck in thinking a northern European or Northern US climate. Where I live you would fight a...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D (2024) "Sword" and Board Build?.Depends on what parameters you're trying to optimize around. Both what metrics you focus on and what scenarios you imagine will be most...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D (2024) Avenger of The Silver Flame build.Most of the build is technically possible. Not the bit about combining a melee cantrip with TWF, as has been pointed out, but the rest...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D (2024) Avenger of The Silver Flame build.Alright, let me rephrase. The build you proposed is making a great many choices for flavor at the direct expense of power. Going double...
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Kurotowa reacted to mellored's post in the thread D&D (2024) Avenger of The Silver Flame build with Like.
Ok. Second attack can use Dex. Per the free rules... Light When you take the Attack action on your turn and attack with a Light...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D (2024) Avenger of The Silver Flame build.Okay, so you very obviously have a clear character image in mind. That character image is also clearly not based on D&D mechanics, and...